Match Report
Gaucho went into the game 14th in the table on 9 points; Bage sat 7th on 22 — a 13-point gap. Bage had been under-performing their position — 11th on five-round form against 7th in the table. Per game in the league, Gaucho were scoring 1.07 and conceding 1.43, Bage 0.6 and 0.33, against a competition average of 0.91 goals per team per game.
Bage entered with four wins in a row. Gaucho had banked 4 of the last 15 points on offer; Bage, 12.
Estádio Vermelhão da Serra in Passo Fundo staged the fixture, a ground that holds 15,000. On the scoreboard, it was 0-0 at the break, and no goals arrived after the restart: 0-0 the final score.